Grade 9
Social Studies
Human Rights
Human Rights
Having rights and being aware of those
rights (and the rights of others) makes us
more empowered.
With globalization comes challenges in
relation to Human rights.
Human Rights
Youth for Human Rights
website
What are Human Rights? – video
United – Music Video
30 Rights -30 Videos
http://www.youthforhumanrights.org/what-are-human-rights.html
Human Rights
The United Nations is an international
organization whose mandate (purpose) includes:
•International law
•international security
•economic development
•social progress
•human rights
•achievement of world peace
Rights Scramble (Activity)
Copy each right (in yellow) into your Social Studies and
then match each behaviour to one of the rights.
This means that I will be free to express
my feelings and opinions without being
interrupted or punished.
I have a right to be myself in this
room.
This means that no one will yell,
scream, shout, or make loud noises.
I have a right to be safe in this
room.
This means that no one will hit me, kick
me, push me, pinch me, hurt me.
I have a right to hear and be
heard in this room.
This means that no one will laugh at
me or hurt my feelings.
I have a right to learn about
myself in this room.
This means that no one will treat me
unfairly because I am black or white,
fat or thin, tall or short, boy or girl.
I have a right to be happy and to
be treated with compassion in
this room.
Video – Rights from
the Heart
(NFB - The National Film Board of Canada)
Watch each video very closely!
When each is finished…
• Identify which human rights (from the 30) are
being infringed upon. (violated)
• Be prepared for questions.
To Do:
1. The 30 Universal Human Rights
2. Videos… “Rights from the Heart”
3. Rights Scramble
4. Poster… representing Human Rights
Assessment
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Social Studies SCO 9.5.3 access the individual qualities and
attributes Atlantic Canadians need to become contributing
members of the global community (An awareness and appreciation
for Human Rights)
English SCO 6.1 (Ability to Respond to viewing of
videos...showing understanding and personal reaction)
(Respond in writing to videos.)
English SCO 7.3 respond critically to various texts/videos in a
variety of ways demonstrating meaning construction and
understanding (Respond in writing to videos.)
English SCO 9.1 demonstrate facility in using a variety of forms of
writing to create texts for specific purposes and
audiences, and represent their ideas in other forms (including
visual arts, posters)
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Human Rights
Violations
Check out the following human-rights-risk world map. What are the top
10 ranked countries each considered to have an extreme risk for human
rights violations? Can you list 5 others?
http://bettertobest.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/maplecroft-humanrights-risk-map-2011.jpg
- Slavery
- sex trafficking
- abortion
- censorship laws
- refugees
- wrongful convictions
- torture
- domestic violence
- child abuse
- rape
- child soldiers
- child labour
- discrimination
- violence against women
- imprisonment
Slavery
http://www.ted.com/talks/lisa_kristine_glimpses_of_modern_
day_slavery.html
Social Injustice – TED Talk
http://www.ted.com/playlists/15/the_pursuit_of_justice.html
Check out Amnesty International’s website…
http://www.amnesty.org/en
Click the Who We Are section and make a
statement about Amnesty’s purpose and vision.
Task:
Please look over the list of human rights violations by topic.
http://www.amnesty.org/en/human-rights
1.Select the Refugees and Migrants category and watch the short video
titled When You Don’t Exist
2. Select your own topic from this list that you are interested in, research it,
and present your information in a 1 page Poster format. (see slide 17!)
What about The Holocaust? Check out the Holocaust clock
below closely and consider the magnitude of this atrocity.
http://www.poodwaddle.com/clocks/holocaustclock
What about abortion? Check out the abortion clock below
closely.
http://www.poodwaddle.com/clocks/abortion/
What about incidents of rape worldwide as a violation of
human rights? Check out this chart / map on the topic of rape
worldwide. http://visual.ly/world-according-rape
Social Justice
Social Justice is defined as justice exercised
within a society, particularly as it is exercised by
and among the various social classes of that
society.
A socially just society both understands and
values human rights, as well as recognizes the
dignity of every human being
Here are two very recent examples of what some would
feel are social injustices:
1. Please read the story about Philip Halliday below.
This first link gives all the background information to his story…
http://news.nationalpost.com/2010/12/11/he-fished-for-35-years-then-found-himself-jailed-for-drugrunning/
This second link gives some conclusion to the story…
http://thechronicleherald.ca/novascotia/688583-nova-scotia-fisherman-convicted-released-in-spanishdrug-case
*Assuming he is innocent, was he treated justly? Is it a social injustice? (assuming he is innocent?)
2. To pay off Canada’s national debt, how would you feel if the
Canadian Government announced that all individual savings
in Canada’s banks would be taxed up to 10%?
Check out this link… Fair? Would this outrage you? Is it a
social injustice?
http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/widespread-anger-erupts-over-bank-account-tax-for-cyprusbailout-a-889439.html
Here are several examples from Nova Scotia and Canada
of what some would feel are social injustices :
3. Please read the news story about The Nova Scotia Home for
Coloured Children below.
Halifax Chronicle Herald – Finally, an apology!
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/home-forcolored-children-apology-n-s-says-sorry-to-ex-residents1.2794728
4. Please read the news story about Nova Scotia’s Residential
Schools below.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/mi-kmaqsrecall-hunger-at-residential-school-1.1337440
Human Rights and Social Justice
View samples of infographics and data visualizations from
the visual.ly website.
Select a topic and create your own infographic and
visualization of data to tell a story about your chosen topic.
(see slide 10 for list of possible topics)
You info-graphic is a visualization that relies on textfeatures, graphics, colour, layout, etc. (see examples!!)
Have fun creating this information art… we’ll be displaying
them and then analysing all the other topics that get
created by our classmates.
Assessment
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Social Studies SCO 9.5.3 access the individual qualities and
attributes Atlantic Canadians need to become contributing
members of the global community (An awareness and appreciation
for Social Injustice)
English SCO 5.1 independently access and select specific
information to meet personal and learning needs
− select, from a wide range, sources appropriate to their purposes
− use the electronic network
English SCO 7.2 demonstrate that print and media texts
are constructed for particular purposes and particular
audiences
English SCO 10.3 experiment with the use of technology in
communicating for a range of purposes with a variety of
audiences
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